Whole-Farm Planning: Ecological Imperatives, Personal Values, and Economics

Author:   Elizabeth Henderson ,  Karl North ,  Jocelyn Langer
Publisher:   Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Edition:   Revised and updated edition
Volume:   7
ISBN:  

9781603583558


Pages:   104
Publication Date:   15 April 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Whole-Farm Planning: Ecological Imperatives, Personal Values, and Economics


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Part of the NOFA Guides. Includes information on: Lessons from systems science (including tools) Assessing the whole farm (what are we managing? the people, physical and mental assets, money) Understanding the farm ecosystems (the water and mineral cycles, dynamics of the biological community, the energy flow) Choosing appropriate tools Making a framework to test decisions Including examples and statements from practicing farmers, and more holistic resources and alternative business models.

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Author:   Elizabeth Henderson ,  Karl North ,  Jocelyn Langer
Publisher:   Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Imprint:   Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Edition:   Revised and updated edition
Volume:   7
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9781603583558


ISBN 10:   1603583556
Pages:   104
Publication Date:   15 April 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Elizabeth Henderson co-authored The Real Dirt and Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture. She farms in Newark, New York, and has been involved in CSA farming for more than 15 years. Karl North, after his graduate work in social anthropology and ecology, learned and practiced subsistence agriculture in the French Pyrenees. With his wife Jane, he built and has operated Northland Sheep Dairy since 1980. He completed three years of training as an educator in Holistic Management in 2004. His articles on the themes of holism and sustainability in agriculture have appeared in NOFA periodicals.

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